[Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 8 Apr. 1900-7 Nov. 1901]

by: Beluga (Steam bark); Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett), logkeeper

Publication date: 1900

Topics: Griffith, Edwin L., Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Medicine, Naval, Mutiny, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Sperm whale, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Cape Bathurst (N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia)--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Illustrations, Logbooks, Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Medicine, Naval, Mutiny, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Sperm whale, Voyages and travels, Walrus, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Beaufort Sea--Description and travel, Cape Bathurst (N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Diomede Islands (Alaska and Russia)--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Illustrations, Logbooks

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea; 1900 April 7-1901 Nov. 6; Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead and sperm whale), seals, and walrus seen or taken, death at sea, indigenous people, mutiny, and shipboard medicine; and whale stamp (pencil sketches). Other places represented include Saint Lawrence Island, Herschel Island, Port Clarence, Cape Smyth, Cape Bathurst, and Diomede Islands; Repository also has microfilm of Logbook (Reel 91

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library